That probably makes sense. On the D70 if you are in P, A, or S modes
the shutter release is locked out. You have3 to be in M (manual) in
order to get the camera to fire with older lenses. The D80 may be different.
Jim Couch
At 04:10 PM 10/22/2006, you wrote:
>That is why I recommended a third party manual for that new D70 that
>Jim got. There are just times that you scratch your head with the
>Nikon one. The D80 does not have the aperture actuating mechanism on
>the mount. The lenses work on the body, but you have to meter with
>another device. It is the D200, D2Hs, D2Xs, D1H and D1X that have the
>manual focus lens compatibility including metering modes.
>
>I looked at the chart and I think it just means that you can be in
>any of those automatic modes, when you put on the manual lens and you
>do not have to change the mode setting. The CPU in the AI lens takes
>care of it. Just set the aperture on the lens and the shutter speed
>on the camera. With a non-CPU lens you have to change the mode to
>manual.
>
>
>
>Winsor
>Long Beach, California, USA
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